1:27 AM,
Dec. 6, 2012

Glenda Ritz, incoming superintendent of public instruction, had asked the board to table the proposal.

Written by

Lesley Weidenbener
| TheStatehouseFile.com

The State Board of Education amended and passed controversial changes to teacher licensing rules Wednesday over the objections of incoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz and a number of teachers who urged the group to slow down.

Ritz - just weeks from taking office after defeating incumbent Republican Tony Bennett - asked the board to table the proposal, saying it could "put unqualified teachers in the classroom."

But board members voted 9-2 to finalize rules that will make it easier for Hoosiers without training in teaching methods to move into the classroom and loosen ...